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Written Question
Undocumented Workers
Monday 16th July 2018

Asked by: James Morris (Conservative - Halesowen and Rowley Regis)

Question to the Home Office:

What steps he is taking to ensure that illegal migrants cannot profit from working in the UK.

Answered by Caroline Nokes

In the Immigration Act 2016, we made illegal working a criminal offence so that wages can be seized as proceeds of crime and introduced tougher sanctions on rogue employers. We have also recently introduced additional safeguards to protect legal migrants seeking employment who do not have the necessary documentation to establish their lawful immigration status.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 27 Jun 2018
Offensive Weapons Bill

"I rise to support the Bill and its proposed legislative changes. I shall focus particularly on knife crime and preventive measures, notwithstanding the concerns raised by colleagues about the possible unintended consequences of some of the firearms measures. I am particularly pleased that action is being taken on zombie knives …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 27 Jun 2018
Offensive Weapons Bill

"I thank my right hon. Friend for his intervention. I totally agree—those things are not incompatible.

What we are seeing in some of our communities is not confined just to London. My constituency is just on the fringe of Birmingham, and we have seen examples of the increasing use of …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 27 Jun 2018
Offensive Weapons Bill

"I accept what the hon. Lady says up to a point, although all the evidence, including the strong evidence that we see in the Government’s serious violence strategy, is that a lot of the kids—girls and boys—who end up in the sorts of situations that may lead to serious violence …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 27 Jun 2018
Offensive Weapons Bill

"I will come on to the point about social media. I am emphasising the point about kids who come from traumatised backgrounds because we need to examine what that leads to and what its drivers are. Often it leads to such things as social exclusion, school exclusion, and a cycle …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 27 Jun 2018
Offensive Weapons Bill

"My hon. Friend is right. The evidence—again, this is from the Government’s serious violence strategy—is that 40% of gang members have been identified with a severe behavioural problem by the age of 12. That significant number allows us to understand how we might address some of the underlying behaviours that …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 27 Jun 2018
Offensive Weapons Bill

"My hon. Friend makes a good point. There is a balance to be struck. As I said at the beginning of my speech, we need a very tough law enforcement framework in this area. The evidence from the police is that they want that, because it provides a deterrent. However, …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 27 Jun 2018
Offensive Weapons Bill

"My right hon. Friend makes some fair points, but we have to get the balance right in our approach because, as he will recognise, there are a lot of complex drivers.

I am conscious that other Members want to speak and I have taken a number of interventions, so I …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 07 Mar 2016
Policing and Crime Bill

"Thank you, Madam—[Interruption.] I mean Mr Deputy Speaker; I am sorry. All the flattery from my hon. Friend the Member for Broxbourne (Mr Walker) has befuddled my brain...."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 07 Mar 2016
Policing and Crime Bill

"We have a very close relationship.

As my hon. Friend the Member for Broxbourne has pointed out, in my role as chair of the all-party parliamentary group on mental health I very much welcome the parts of the Bill that relate to sections 135 and 136 of the Mental Health …..."
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